Cleaning mop



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INVENTOR. EL SIMETI VITKEVI CH A T'RNEY United States Patent O CLEANINGMOP Samuel Simet, `41 Ave. I, Farmingdale, N.Y., and .lohn Vitkevich, 57Gridley St., West Islip, N.Y.

Filed Dec. 10, 1958, Ser. No. 779,321

2 Claims. (Cl. 15--147) This invention relates to a cleaning mop forcleaning dust from floors and more particularly to a mop having meansfor easily removing the dust from the mop strands.

It -is an object of this invention to provide a mop adapted for removingdust lint therefrom by rapid rotation of the mop head. v

It is another object to provide a mop of inexpensive manufacture.

These and other objects of this invention will become apparent uponreading the following disclosure taken in conjunction with theyaccompanying drawing in which:

Fig. l Iis a perspective view of the mop,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the mop handle, broken away in part, andshowing the cam helical groove in the mop handle,

=Fig. 3 is a plan view of the mop handle broken away in part showing theextent of the ycam groove, and

Fig. 4 is a section view taken on line 4--4 of Fig. 2.

Turning to the drawing a mop comprising a mop head sand a head holder 11is provided with a tubular handle 13 disposed into the holder 12 usingconventional means such as Welding.

The handle 13 is provided with a suitable spiral or helical groove 14 ofa suitable slope and length. The handle 13 is preferably seamed but itmay be butt welded. A suitable length of :tubing `15 of suitablediameter is tted into the handle 13 at its up free end and held firmlyin place by spot welds 16.

A suitable piece of loosely fitted pipe 17 of suitably large diameter isdisposed over the pipe 15 in a manner to permit rotation of pipe 15.

A dome cap 18 of suitable diameter is secured rigidly to the ytop end ofpipe 15 by spot welds 19, said cap 18 being disposed -in spacerelationship to the pipe 17,

The cam follower 20 comprises .a length of tubing 20X of suitablediameter disposed over the handle 13 and of a length .to cover thegroove 14 at all times, and roller means. The roller means itselfcomprises a cylindrical element 21 having a terminal flange 22 integralwith a cylindrical shank 23.

The shank 23 is integral with a hollow rivet head 24. The pipe 20X iseasily slid on pipe 13, and is provided with a slightly at-tened area20Y having a suitable 2,941,227.- Patented June 21, 1960 2 aperturetherein tor receiving rivet 24. A suitable cylindrical tubular roller 25is slidably disposed over the shank 23 prior to inserting thecylindrical element 21 into the groove 14.

In assembling the mop the cam follower tubing 20X is slipped over thehandle and the cylindrical element 21 with its roller 25 is inserted inthe tubing 13 and through the groove 14 and the aperture in the pipe 20Xusing a long handled holder.

The cylindrical rivet head is then lflanged over thereby locking element21 captively to the cam `follower tubing 20X. Next pipe 15 and dome .18are disposed in place.

In operating the device the yoperator firmly holds the cam follower pipe`20X in one hand and the roller pipe 17 -iirmly in the other hand.Movement of the end of the mop handle and pipe 17 toward the held pipe20X causes the tubing 13 to move rotatingly and longitudinally in theheld pipe 20X. The .rotation of tubing 13 causes the mop head 10 torotate thereby causing the dust and lint clinging to the mop head .to beiiung olf due to centrifugal action. The pipe 15 revolves in the heldpipe 17 iirst clockwise and then countercloclcwise depending on whetherthe pipe 13 is pushed or pulled within the held cam follower tubing 20X.

This invention has been described by means of a single illustration butother obvious modifications are covered lby the claims herein.

We claim:

1. A cleaning mop comprising :a mop head, a tubular handle having aspiral aperture disposed intermediate the ends of said handle, meansvfor` securing the bottom end of said handle to said mop, a longapertured reciprocating sleeve disposed over said handle completelydisposed over said spiral aperture at all times, an integral cylindricalcam yfollower having a bottom flange, an intermediate round body portionand a top tubular rivet head `disposed in said spiral aperture, anapertured cylindrical roller disposed over said body portion of said camfollower engaging the opposed side walls of said spiral aperture, saidrivet head being xedly ydisposed in the aperture of said sleeve tocaptively secure said sleeve and said cam follower in said spiralaperture of said handle and rotatable handle means disposed in the topend of said handle.

2. The mop of claim 1 wherein the handle means oonsists of a cylindricalelement fixedly disposed in the top of said handle and extending beyond.said handle, a rotatable collar ydisposed over said cylindrical element,and retaining cap xedly secured to the extending end of said cylindricalelement in spaced relationship to said collar.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS813,015 Munson Feb. 20, 1906 1,612,524 Monohon Dec. 28, 1926 1,818,948Hamblen Aug. 11, 1931

